Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 12:29:56PM -0600, Cobra wrote: The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. You may have meant it to imply it, but I thought that Gnome 3 was still the default GUI in

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. I've just managed to find your thread opener, and you did in fact mention GNOME. You are

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 16:15:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:56:25 Lisi Reisz wrote: Or you could reconfigure gdm since that could be where the problem lies, since GNOME3 runs without it. # dpkg-reconfigure gdm If that doesn't work you could try the various methods

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/threads.html On that page there are only three choices I can see for replying, none of which have the

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 12:29:56 -0600 Cobra ma...@xmission.com wrote: Hello Cobra, email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When Requests posted through a mailing list are, generally speaking, replied to on the same list. If there is no *specific* request to reply to your

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:56:25 Lisi Reisz wrote: Or you could reconfigure gdm since that could be where the problem lies, since GNOME3 runs without it. # dpkg-reconfigure gdm If that doesn't work you could try the various methods of reinstalling. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I checked the web page:

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting Cobra (ma...@xmission.com): I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/threads.html On that page there are only three choices I can

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Sun, 9 Aug 2015, Cobra wrote: I am new to this, This list is particularly welcoming to newbies. I don’t subscribe to the list itself Um...pray tell, why not? -- Bob Bernstein

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:29:56 -0400 (EDT), Cobra ma...@xmission.com wrote: The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 09 August 2015 13:52:05 Cobra wrote: I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page That is your first mistake. You do not have total control over the formatting of the message,

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Martin Smith
On 09/08/2015 19:29, Cobra wrote: The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I checked the web page:

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 21:05:37 Stephen Powell wrote: Also, though the code of conduct does not specifically require it, we prefer the usenet style of interleaved quoting here, not top-posting.  (I haven't seen you top post yet, but I'm just letting you know since you're new.) In order to

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. I've just managed to find your thread

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 09 August 2015 17:46:43 David Wright wrote: Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Curt
On 2015-08-07, Cobra ma...@xmission.com wrote: I have completed a network installation of 8.1.0. I left the root password blank (i.e., disabled root login), supplied a username and password for a system management account, and selected GNOME as the only additional software to install. After

Re: Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
First the typo: The “guy should have been “gui (thanks to autocorrect). Second memory: That’s why I reset the password from the recovery mode command prompt. Third the management account: The install says that leaving the root password blank will result in the root account being disabled

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 08:26 -0600, Cobra wrote: I have completed a network installation of 8.1.0. I left the root password blank (i.e., disabled root login), supplied a username and password for a system management account, and selected GNOME as the only additional software to install.

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
Opps! Wrong reply - see “RE: RE: …” below. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/9d805012-0cd8-403a-beb1-15aece617...@xmission.com

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
When the failure occurs, there is no error indication; the login screen is just reset. I thought the problem might be the password, that’s why I reset it via the command prompt in recovery mode. I did not change the keyboard information offered as default during the installation (i.e.,

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
I am able to login via a TTY and start X (via startx command). I have checked the keymap in Gnome and it is as expected—English (US). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Curt
On 2015-08-08, Cobra ma...@xmission.com wrote: First the typo: The “guy should have been “gui (thanks to autocorrect). Second memory: That’s why I reset the password from the recovery mode command prompt. Third the management account: The install says that leaving the root password blank

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
I am not trying to log into the gui with sudo, but rather to log into an account which is able to perform a sudo once logged in. I have also created another standard user account and am unable to log into that account from the gui (it behaves just like it does when trying to log into the system

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 08 August 2015 18:52:49 Cobra wrote: I am not trying to log into the gui with sudo, but rather to log into an account which is able to perform a sudo once logged in. I have also created another standard user account and am unable to log into that account from the gui (it behaves

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-07 Thread Gary Dale
On 07/08/15 10:26 AM, Cobra wrote: I have completed a network installation of 8.1.0. I left the root password blank (i.e., disabled root login), supplied a username and password for a system management account, and selected GNOME as the only additional software to install. After the

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-07 Thread Some Body
On 07/08/2015 16:26, Cobra wrote: After the installed completed and the system rebooted I was unable to login to the system management account via the guy interface (i.e., after entering the password the screen went gray for a short time and then the re-presented the login display). Does

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-07 Thread Brian
On Fri 07 Aug 2015 at 12:31:19 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/08/15 10:26 AM, Cobra wrote: I have completed a network installation of 8.1.0. I left the root password blank (i.e., disabled root login), supplied a username and password for a system management account, and selected GNOME as the